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Widespread throughout Sardinia, in Alghero (SS), Bosa (OR) and Oristano and Cagliari, should derive from a nickname originated from the word Gallurian schinnitu (cracked, fissured), according to others would derive from the apheresis of an archaic Sardinian word Iskintu (descended, stripped).
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